Car burglar leaves calling card

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Memo to criminals who don’t want to be caught: Don’t leave their cell phone in the burglarized vehicle like a 21-year-old Madison man did recently.

Police said Lamar Crump, Jr. broke into an SUV Dec. 11 at a Madison shopping mall, and he stole two guns and stereo speakers. As the owner checked the vehicle with a police officer, he found a cell-phone with a photo of Crump’s ID card and some pictures of himself.

Crump was arrested four days later at the same mall. Police said the stolen stereo equipment was hooked up in his van -- and the missing guns were found in his apartment.

Crump is charged three counts of theft, two of them as felonies. He's in jail under a $900 bond.

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